Valve-gear of radial-cylinder internal-combustion.



B. D. SCOTT.

VALVE GEAR 0F RADIAL CYLlNDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR-27,1916.

1 6,833 Patented Feb. 19, 1918,

3 SHEETS-SHEET l- B. D. SCOTT.

VALVE GEAR 0F RADIAL CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINESL APPLICATION FILED MARI 27, I916.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918,

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B. D. SCOTT. VALVE GEAR OF RADIAL CYLINDER INTERNAL comsusnom ENGINES. APPLlCATlOhl FILED MAR. 27.1916.

1,256,833. Patented Feb.19,1918.

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for each forming an explosive mixture.

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same angular position, corresponding W1tk after the mixture has been compressed and BATEMAN DAVID SCOTT, OF SALE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE GRESHEAH RANGE COBPO I TION LIMITED, OF LONDON,

VALVE-GE OF masses.

ENGLAND, CORPORATION OF GREAT BRIT L IAL-CYLINDEB INTEBNAL-COUS TION ENGINES.

Patented Feb. 19, idtfi.

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 87,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BATEMAN'DAYIOSGOTT a subject of the King of Great Britain, an a resident of Hereford Cottage, Sale, Cheshire, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Valve-Gear of Radial-Cylinder Internal-Combustion Engines, of which the following is the speclfication.

This invention relates to that class of explosion motor or internal combustion engine having radial cylinders, and has for its object to provide a method of operating the valves of such engines, and provides moreover means for controlling the period of opening of the valves, and thereby the speed and power of the engine. The present invention provides means for each valve bein opened for exhaust at the proper instant, an valve being held open during a portion of the induction stroke for admission of air to the cylinder. When any given valve has closed, the resulting vacuum in the corresponding cylinder is utilized to draw a saturated nnxture from the carbureter through suitable ports in the cylinder, such mixture being too rich to be explosive, but mixed with the previously admitted air, After the mixture is compressed and fired, the cycle of operations in t e cylinder is repeated. This improvement dispenses with all separate 1nlet valves together with their attendant mechanism, and permits the cylinders of radial explosion motors to be fired alternately.

Any suitable or reasonable number of cyl1n-- ders may be employed, and the engine may have either fixed or revolving cyllnders.

T append drawings illustrating my invention as applied to a radial engine having nine revolving cylinders.

igure 1 is a sectional view through the gain crank shaft, crank case and one cylin- Fig. 2 is a section to a larger scale showing the valve operating gear.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the the two eccentrics being Fig. 2. v

Fig. 4 is an elevation of'the valve operating gear, showing the ad'ustable eccentric displaced 90 degrees from t e fixed .eccentric.

The arrangement of the cylinders, crank case, crank shaft, journal and thrust bearings do not form part of my present invention.

valve operat-. in the The crank case cover A which carries one of the main journal ball bearings for the crank shaft also carries two rings of teeth B and B, thus forming two internal toothed wheels. In the drawings, the said teeth are shown integral with the crank case cover A, but the internally toothed wheels may be detachably fastened to the crank case cover. Engagmg with the said internally toothed wheels are a air of inner s ur wheels 6* and C vwhic revolve on hall bearings.

Every fourth tooth of the spur wheels is extended laterally as shown by the dotted lines at D and D. In the en e illustrated there are nine tappet rods ge Fig. 3) equally spaced and lying in the same lane, between the two rings of teeth B and 3 Alternate tappet rods T are operated in sequence in the lateral extensions D and D of he teet of the inner wheels as aforesaid. oth ball bearings of the inner wheels have their inner races E and E eccentric to the crank shaft. One of the said innerraces or eccentrics E is fixed to the shaft, it may be initially adjusted relative to the shaft in means of the serrations F and the nut The serrated ring is keyed or castellated to the shaft, so that it cannot turn relative thereto, but may slide axially when being assembled. Thus the eccentnc E can be adjusted to its required position relative to the shaft within an angle corresponding to that of half the pitch of the serrations. The eccentric E is timed to operate the valve V in each cylinder during the usual fourstroke cycle exhaust period. The other eccentric E is given a lag which is variable under the engine load. In other words this variable eccentric is set to operate later than the eccentric E and is adapted to hold open the exhaust valve during a portion of the inlet stroke for the admittance of cold air. When the valve V in either of the cylinders has closed, the resultant partial vacuum is utilized to draw a saturated inflammable mixture from. the jet H into the cylinders at the end of the out or suction stroke, by way of the holes J, from the crank chamber, and

of the eccentric E through a certain are.

To efi'ect this, the crank shaft is slotted at i K, K and K, the sleeve M and the toothed wheels L, L, L, L, and the shaft N being employed as shown. Pins are used passing through the crank shaft to couple the wheels L and the eccentricE to the sleeve M. The shaft N is also coupled to the wheel 1 L by means of the pin O 'in like manner,

and the wheels L and L are coupled together by means of a light shaft L running through the crank pin, the latter being recessed on the inside for lubrication purposes.

The said wheels are adapted to gear togather, that is, the wheel L to the wheel L and the wheel L to the wheel L and it will be seen that by rotating the shaft N slightly either way (by mechanism not shown in the drawing) the eccentric E is rctated through a certain number of degrees, and the times of closin the valves either early or late may be varie at'will.

From the foregoing description, the cycle of operations in the cylinder and the times of opening and closing the valve V- m an engine made according to my present invention, will be readily intelligible. Suppose the engine to be running at speed, and the piston at the top commencing the induction stroke. The valve V in the cylinder top will then be open to admit pure air and will not close until the iston has descended say 80 or 85degrees. he valve then closes and no more pure air can enter. The piston consire to secure b tinues' to descend .and creates a partial vacuum, which when the piston overruns the holes J allows a very rich mixturetoo rich to fire of itselfto enter the cylinder. The air previously admitted and the rich mixture make an explosive mixture. The holes J are only uncovered by the piston for a very short period and are closed at the beginning of the compression stroke, and the mixture now being highly explosive is fired in the usual way when the charge is fully compressed. The stroke is very long in proportion to the bore so that the terminal pressure shall not be sufiicient to cause a blow back when the holes are uncovered by the piston on the GXPlOSIOD StI'OkG, also the exhaust valve is already open before the holes are uncovered. At everyengine speed there is a definite number of degrees that the valve V should remain open, and this is found by varying the position of the movable eccentric by means of the hand gear mentioned. At starting, the exhaust valve may only remain open 10 degrees past the top center; that is to say 10 degrees on the induction stroke in order to obtain the neces-.

sary amount of suction from the jet. Running top speed it may be necessary to hold it open for as much as 100 or 110 degrees.

' What I do claim as my invention and de- Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a radial cylinder te se.

internal combustion engine, of a valve gear oomprisinfi a pair of spur wheels mounted eccentrlca y on the crank shaft at different angles in gear with a pair of internally toothed wheels fixed concentrically to the crank case, and radial valve tappets one for each cylmder operated by extensions on the said spur wheels, the extensions on one of the s'ald spur wheels determining the time of o enmg of the valves, and the extensions .ont e other determining the timeof closing.

2. The combination with a radial cylinder internal combustion engine, of a valve gear comprising radially disposed valve tappets one for each cylin er, and operating means for sa1d tappets includin a pair of internally toothed wheels fixe with relation to the cylinders of the engine, and a pair of gear wheels mounted eccentrically on the crank shaft in gear with said fixed toothed wheels and actuating the valve tappets, one of said gear wheels controlling the time of openin of the valves, and the other of said gear w eels controlling the time of the closmg ofthe valves.

4 3. The combination with a radial cylinder internal combustion engine, of a valve gear comprising radiallv disposed valve tappets, one for each cylinder and operating means for the tappets includmg a pair of internally toothed wheels fixed with relation to the engine cylinders, and a pair of gear wheels mounted eccentricall on the engine crank shaft in gear with sald fixed toothed wheels, each of said wheels being provided with promotions to engage and actuate the tappets, oneof said gear wheels controlling the time of opening of the valves, and the other of said gear wheels controlling the time of the closin of the valves.

4.. he combination with a radial cylinder internal combustion engine, of a valve gear comprising radially disposed valve tappets,

on the engine crank tries of the said toothed wheels whereby the time of closing of the valves may be varied at will. I I

5. The combination with a radial cylinder internal combustion engine, of a valve gear comprising a pair of internally toothed wheels fixed with relation to the engine cylindersand spaced from each other, valve .tappers disposed radially intermediate said naeases toothed wheels, and a pair of gear wheels mounted eccentrically on the crank shaft in gear with said fixed toothed wheels, each of said gear wheels being provided with projections extending laterally into the space between the said fixed toothed wheels to engage and operate the valve tappets, one of said gear wheels controlling the time of opening of the valves, and the other of said gear Wheels controlling the time of the closing of the valves.

6. The combination with a radial cylinder internal combustion engine, of a valve gear comprising radially disposed valve tappets, one for each cylinder, and operating means for the tappets including a pair of internally toothed wheels opening of the valves, and the other of said gear wheels controlling the time of closing of the valves, and means for varying the setas ting of one of the eccentrics of the said. toothed wheels whereby the time of closing ofthe valves may be varied at will,

BATEMAN DAVED SCGTT. Witnesses:

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